By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Ask an American living in the city about U.S. agricultural subsidies and he or she is sure to go on and on and about how U.S. farm policy is destroying the livelihoods of poor farmers around the world....
By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff
In recent years, a virulent strain of stem rust called Ug99 has largely overcome resistances bred into the vast majority of the world’s wheat varieties....
By Steve Byrns
Texas A&M University
Is Texas still in a drought? It depends upon whom you talk to. ...
By Larry Stalcup
Contributing Writer
With dairymen drowning in miserable milk prices, getting the most out of their forage and silage is crucial. ...
By Kim Anderson
Oklahoma State University
There is 205 percent more on-farm storage wheat than last year (280 million bushels vs. 92 million bushels). ...
By Robert Burns
Texas A&M University
Fostered by dry conditions and high winds, wildfires struck several north Texas counties, burning thousands of acres of rangeland and destroying small communities. ...
President Obama’s action to lift travel restrictions for Cuban-American families and to allow remittances by them to Cuba are welcome steps in the process for reopening trade with an important agricultural market for the U.S. rice industry, USA Rice Federation Chairman Jamie Warshaw said....
By Sean Hubbard
Oklahoma State University
In the good old days, a calendar was the main tool for deciding when it was time to treat for certain types of insects on crops....
By Donald Stotts
Oklahoma State University
Most Oklahoma wheat growers operate under tight profit margins, underscoring the need to make sound decisions about the application of wheat foliar fungicides....
By Kim Anderson
Oklahoma State University
Most producers have calculated the per acre cost to produce 2009 wheat. ...
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